Vocational Send Tutor

**Basildon (BC)**:
**Fixed**:
**£18,415**:

- Job Description

**Thurrock**:
**Fixed-Contract**:
**£23,000-£30,000**:

- Job Description

**What are we looking for?**:
TCHC is looking for a motivational educator to join our team as a Vocational SEND Tutor based at our GAPS Thurrock Centre in Grays, Essex. Our GAPS Thurrock Centre provides further education for learners aged 16-18 or 19-24 with an EHCP. You will plan engaging schemes of work, set and review targets, track learner progress and assess in relation to awarding body regulations. We are eager to hire an individual who believes all young people deserve an enriching education and opportunities to better their future and prepare them for further education, employment and adulthood.

**Qualifications**:

- Qualified to PTLLS/ CTLLS (or equivalent)
- Assessor qualification and experienced
- GCSE (or equivalent L2 Functional skills) in English and maths at grade C/4 or above
- Qualified to PTLLS/DTLLS/Cert Ed/ PGCE (or equivalent) Desirable
- Health & Social Care qualification up L3 and above

If you do not currently hold a teaching or assessing qualification, we are able to support you through the appropriate qualifications or assessments.

As a Vocational SEND Tutor, you will be responsible for planning and teaching the Health & Care curriculum, as well as differentiating your lesson activities and resources, you will be required to ensure work is marked, records are kept and assessment is ongoing. You will need to ensure all learners are on track throughout the year, preparing a portfolio of work to demonstrate how they meet assessment criteria, and maintaining a high level of successful pass rates.

**Main Tasks & Responsibilities**:
**Teaching and Learning**
- Plan, prepare and teach lessons at levels Entry 3 and Level 1 for Health and Care
- Create effective schemes of work that clearly support the learning process of individuals and contribute to the company development and implementation of these schemes of work
- Prepare and develop innovative lesson plans, designing and delivering group activities. Lessons should provide a reasonable level of challenge for all learners whilst being pitched at an appropriate level for the cohort
- Diagnose learners’ literacy, numeracy and ICT needs and requirements by using various diagnostic testing and mock tests
- Differentiate lesson plans and resources in line with learner needs as outlined in EHCP documents or through observations
- Consider enrichment projects that would support the learning of your learners
- Make use of current technology to enhance teaching, learning and information retention
- Provide 1:1 support to learners where necessary, utilising available LSA support during lessons
- Provide appropriate encouragement, guidance, and support to learners to help them progress
- Manage any behaviour issues that arise in line with TCHC policy, with support from the Centre Manager
- Prepare and submit up-to-date assessments of learners
- Manage LSA deployment during lessons, ensuring all learners are supported and their work is completed to an appropriate standard

**Continuing Professional Development**
- Undertake a full company induction programme, under the guidance of the Centre Manager
- Follow the Education Inspection Framework
- Familiarise yourself with the EHCP process. Undertake CPD in relevant areas for working with SEND learners.
- Keep up to date with research and developments in teaching pedagogy, changes in the curriculum and new initiatives which should lead to improvements in teaching and learning
- Prepare for and attend standardisation meetings are instructed by Quality Assurance
- Work alongside the Quality team to ensure that your curriculum delivery meets the high expectations for TCHC study programmes
- Be a reactive and reflective practitioner, evaluating and improving your own practice in order to take teaching and learning forward as well as ensuring learner success and progress

**Administration**
- Implement the TCHC assessment, recording and reporting procedures
- Track progress of learners using appropriate and provided tracking systems
- Set SMART targets for learners, taking into consideration both their academic and personal growth, Consider how your scheme of work can support these learners with their established EHCP targets
- Conduct 1:1 progress reviews of qualifications and personal skills
- Establish, develop and maintain effective working relationships with other external organisations involved with the centre and the curriculum
- Participate in appropriate meetings with colleagues, parents and agencies for the benefit of the students.
- Participate in events/open days as required
- Support for absent colleagues as required
- Participate in OFSTED inspections as required

**Safeguarding**
- To ensure all safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to and reporting procedures are followed
- Use CPOMs to record any safeguarding concerns or incidents ac